[3] The church was consecrated by Bishop David Moriarty (who had laid the foundation stone in 1864) and is dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity, the title of the old Muckross Abbey.
The Franciscan Friars of Killarney is a 1911 American silent documentary produced by Kalem Company and directed by Sidney Olcott.
In 2009 the Franciscans in Killarney donated one of their buildings, Áras Phádraig, to Kerry County Council for community use,[4] since with the reduction in vocations it was not required by the order.
The Franciscans now live in a new house built within the grounds of the church, while the old buildings are used by the Kerry Diocesan Youth Centre.
[5] In 2017 Killarney became an inter-provincial novitiate house of the order,[6] training new novices for other Franciscan provinces (including Britain, Germany, Holland, Sweden and Canada, as well as Ireland).